Know God. Live Big.
Grandma occasionally went to the newspaper office and asked for scrap paper end pieces. In the days before sticky notes, this was the paper she used to make grocery lists and to leave notes on the door, for campers in the camper court, that promised when she would be returning to her office (a.k.a., kitchen). I used to beg to… Read More
What was I doing a few days ago, you ask? Oh, you know –sharpening pencils, tweaking lesson plans, dusting my classroom, and taking a course in how to stop an active shooter. Normal teacher stuff. In college I took a class on how to use a copy machine and a laminator, but I wonder if I would have continued with… Read More
That man laughs at me most every night –mocks me, really. Because I lay down in bed and carefully fold the comforter over and then the blanket over that and then the sheet over that. This forms a taut cover, which I then neatly tuck under my chin. He, on the other hand, grabs his covers and pulls them up…. Read More
It is the largest natural freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, at over 27 miles long and 15 miles wide. Flathead Lake is flanked on either side by scenic highways, and in the spring you’ll want to travel the east side, where miles of cherry orchards bloom pink. Once you get around the lake, it’s less than a half an… Read More
The doctor showed us two pictures. One was of a little boy on crutches. She said it was obvious that he was injured, and people at school would be offering to sign his cast and carry his backpack. The other picture was of a teenage girl sitting on bleachers, and the doctor told us she looked just fine but had… Read More